{"product_id":"forms-of-attention-frank-kermode-9780226431758","title":"Forms of Attention: Botticelli and Hamlet","description":"Sir Frank Kermode, the British scholar, instructor, and author, was an inspired critic. \u003ci\u003eForms of Attention\u003c\/i\u003e is based on a series of three lectures he gave on canon formation, or how we choose what art to value. The essay on Botticelli traces the artist's sudden popularity in the nineteenth century for reasons that have more to do with poetry than painting. In the second essay, Kermode reads Hamlet from a very modern angle, offering a useful (and playful) perspective for a contemporary audience. The final essay is a defense of literary criticism as a process and conversation that, while often conflating knowledge with opinion, keeps us reading great art and working with--and for--literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Kermode\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226431754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226431758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Frank Kermode","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086410658047,"sku":"9780226431758","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89365cc5-bf34-4305-ab66-4ca9447d99b5.jpg?v=1769094514","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forms-of-attention-frank-kermode-9780226431758","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}